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The State of Wireless via Job Boards

I still think a lot of people don't realize how many companies and tech solutions providers are still living in 2012 when it comes to WLAN design.  There has been a lot to learn from over the last 5-7 years and one of those things is in the use of Ekahau vs Airmagnet.  At this point, we cannot excuse using Airmagnet in most any instance except for specific US government cases.  If a company is dictating use of AM and AM only, it's safe to assume they are not up to date nor do they make attempts to further their adoption of good WLAN practices.

I pulled this data from Indeed and Linkedin job boards.

The things we can mine about the WLAN field and the state of wireless via job advertisements is always interesting.


On Indeed - jobs with Airmagnet vs Ekahau.  There are 70 WLAN jobs associated with Ekahau and there are 34 jobs using Airmagnet.  This is US based.


Ekahau via Indeed US
                         

Airmagnet via Indeed US


On LinkedIn - 226 Ekahau vs 152 Airmagnet Worldwide  - US based 129 Ekahau vs 105 Airmagnet


LinkedIn Ekahau US
LinkedIn Airmagnet US

LinkedIn Ekahau Worldwide
LinkedIn Airmagnet Worldwide



The most surprising company not listing Ekahau but Airmagnet - Amazon

Jobs on Indeed with both Ekahau + Airmagnet - 20.  On Linkedin US Based 28, Worldwide 46.


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